Urbanormativity - Reality, Representation, and Everyday Life (Hardcover)

Urbanormativity explores a cultural ideology that posits that urban is normal and desirable while rural is deviant, exotic, or undesirable. This work examines the relevance and meaning of this phenomenon in three parts: reality, which discusses the urbanization of the planet and the inherent conflict that emerges from the condition of urban dependency; representations, which discusses the cultural dynamics of urbanormativity; and everyday life, which focuses on the outcomes of urbanormativity in terms of the legal and political landscape, emphasizing the role of spatial inequality in creating urban-rural disparities. The book then examines life in rural communities amid urbanormativity, highlighting such processes as rural gentrification as well as the transformation of the character and tradition of rural communities through the process of place structuration. This book conclude by developing a new rural justice ethic that advocates for the incorporation of Sen's notion of capability maximization along with a concerted effort to revalue the rural-socially, culturally, politically, and economically.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in Urban-Rural Dynamics
Release date:	August 2019
Authors:	Gregory M. Fulkerson • Alexander R. Thomas
Dimensions:	234 x 160 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	204
ISBN-13:	978-1-4985-9702-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Rural communities
LSN:	1-4985-9702-5
Barcode:	9781498597029

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